897 CDUS44 KLCH 121251 CLIAEX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 741 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ................................... ...THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 94 1251 PM 105 1907 93 1 92 MINIMUM 77 628 AM 56 1893 72 5 75 AVERAGE 86 83 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.83 1988 0.09 -0.09 0.17 MONTH TO DATE 0.75 1.17 -0.42 0.21 SINCE JUN 1 8.79 9.90 -1.11 8.55 SINCE JAN 1 31.14 33.90 -2.76 33.80 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 21 18 3 19 MONTH TO DATE 229 198 31 238 SINCE JUN 1 1299 1190 109 1331 SINCE JAN 1 1766 1644 122 1853 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 700 AM LOWEST 62 1200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE ALEXANDRIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 93 104 1948 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 58 1893 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 12 2016........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT AUGUST 13 2016........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$